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18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 5195

Luna, [quote] How stupid we are to give this addiction the power over our lives. How blessed we are to have the opportunity and the choice and the POWER to change it. [/quote] We were stupid and we are blessed. The addiction controlled me for years and recovery from the damage left behind will take even more years. I don't know what made me see the light, several factors I'm sure, I'm just really glad I finally saw it. I never, ever, ever thought I could quit smoking, but I did. You are always an inspiration. Thank you. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 7/1/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 300 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 6,012 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1050 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 26 [B]Hrs:[/B] 11 [B]Mins:[/B] 48 [B]Seconds:[/B] 57

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 5195

Great bump Luna... I've been sitting here for the last 45 minutes trying to write something to post about the difference between wanting to be quit and being quit. Even about reality and our quits. Your post here sums it up better than anything I can come up with. The power is within us. For those of you struggling to quit, our lives belong to us. We are in control not the cigarettes. Take control of your life away from the tobacco companies. Life is already too short. Don't wait until tomorrow. Do it today. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 7/1/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 330 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 6,618 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1155 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 29 [B]Hrs:[/B] 3 [B]Mins:[/B] 49 [B]Seconds:[/B] 34

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 112

Dear Luna, Firstly, I missed wishing you congrats on your one year date. Now, that's POWER. Secondly, talk about your mom all you want. You have supported and guided so many, it's perfectly okay to express yourself. And, we all got it, we all figured out it was about overcoming the demon because we can if we try. My thoughts are with you and your mom. I always thought my mom's quick death robbed me of my chance to make my peace. I know now the quick death spared us all. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/6/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 325 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 5,863 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2340 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 30 [B]Hrs:[/B] 3 [B]Mins:[/B] 20 [B]Seconds:[/B] 30

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2830

That was an amazing, and very passionate post! Thank you for reminding us that we all have the power to quit and that there are so many that don't have power over their lives! That was great! I'm so sorry to hear about your mom. You will both be in my prayers. Crave the Quit! Butterfly [IMG]http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c177/kissnflirt/butterfly3.gif[/IMG] [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 10/28/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 181 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 4,543 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $747.53 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 13 [B]Hrs:[/B] 4 [B]Mins:[/B] 31 [B]Seconds:[/B] 58

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2027

Luna, thank you for this fine post. The no-smoking connection came through loud and clear. It's sad that it sometimes takes situations like this to put things into proper perspective for us. But then, maybe that's why things happen the way they do. But today we do have the power and we are using it to better our lives. Even if we do whine and complain about how hard it is, at least we can and are effecting change. Shevie [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/23/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 339 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 6,793 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1288.2 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 63 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 37 [B]Seconds:[/B] 37

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1110

Luna what a great post, I saw the smoking connection no problem. I am sorry about your mom though, I know how hard that is. I have watched a few of my family suffer with the disease and it is not nice at all. You and your mom are in my prayers. Hugs [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 4/21/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 372 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 9,309 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2790 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 48 [B]Hrs:[/B] 16 [B]Mins:[/B] 42 [B]Seconds:[/B] 25

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 989

I am bumping this because carpepax' post reminded me of our need to recognize, value and use our power! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 4/15/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 407 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 10,196 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1424.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 56 [B]Hrs:[/B] 17 [B]Mins:[/B] 55 [B]Seconds:[/B] 36

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18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 989

Thanx friends. Nice to see so many of us utilizing our power today. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 4/15/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 378 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 9,465 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1323 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 52 [B]Hrs:[/B] 16 [B]Mins:[/B] 11 [B]Seconds:[/B] 31

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18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 989

I am devastated watching the rapid decline now of my 94 year old Mom who has Alzheimer�s. The hardest part for her is she KNOWS! From being a concert pianist, a Girl Scout leader, an avid collector of everything under the sun, a person who invented the word multi-task, she is now a victim to the loss of memory, severe anxiety, an inability to handle any detail and frequent repetitive myonic jerking. On the phone this morning, she (who has seldom complained in her 94 years) lamented that she is doing everything she can, and yet nothing is making her better. She takes all of her vitamins. If she is not too dizzy or jerking, she walks her mile each day in the halls of her retirement home memory support unit. She prays. She plays the piano for others. She makes lists. She does what anyone suggests. Nothing is helping. She was in tears, as she feels and is so POWERLESS. After we got off the phone, I sat and sobbed. In a very small way, she and I are experiencing the same thing. The loss of POWER. For the past 12 years I have been her trustee and DPOA. I have handled her finances, the investments, her various moves, the sales of home and property and her medical details. I have been able to help. I have been able to fix what was wrong. Now I can do nothing more. Now I have no POWER to make this better. For her, this loss of control, the loss of her POWER is her life�s last stage. It is her final lesson of life. How precious this POWER is. How we take it for granted. How stupid we are to give this addiction the power over our lives. How blessed we are to have the opportunity and the choice and the POWER to change it. We are not helpless after having been diagnosed with an incurable disease. We do not sit in rooms, POWERLESS without any ability to make our lives better. We are not helpless to change the course of our future. And still we whine and belly-ache (and I did my share) about how hard this is! Ya wanna know hard? It is not having a choice! It is not having any POWER! It is not having any control! Seize your blessed choice today. Thank God or your lucky stars that you still have the POWER and the ability to choose. Take back your power. TAKE BACK YOUR POWER! Embrace every withdrawal symptom as a sign of heali

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18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 989

Thanx for your kind thoughts. I do want to stress, though, that I meant this as a "no smoking post". I probably rambled on too much about my Mom. I am just so glad that I took the power, the choice to become a quitter and want this to inspire others to do likewise. The freedom is delicious. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 4/15/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 377 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 9,440 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1319.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 52 [B]Hrs:[/B] 12 [B]Mins:[/B] 53 [B]Seconds:[/B] 16

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